Delhi gang-rape victim battles for life in Singapore hospital

December 27, 2012

Singapore/New Delhi: The 23-year-old ravish victim, World Health Organization was flown to Singapore and admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital on weekday morning, remains in an especially essential condition.

“She is being examined and also the hospital is functioning with the Indian High Commission. we tend to request that the privacy of the patient and family be revered,” the proponent same.

The para-medical student was gang-raped and savagely tortured by a bunch of six individuals on the night of Dec sixteen.

The plane carrying the lady landed at the Changi International flying field at seven.30 am (5.00 am IST), the Indian High Commission in Singapore same.

The para-medical student, World Health Organization had been battling for her life for the past ten days at the Safdarjung Hospital, was last night flown to Singapore for more treatment.

Later, the High Commission in an exceedingly statement same the lady is receiving full medical attention at the hospital.

“We assure all involved that the patient is receiving full medical attention and also the family is additionally being provided all doable help by the High Commission,” it said.

The High Commission has conjointly sent to the hospital and also the family request for privacy of the patient and also the family be revered.

“We have received various queries relating to the condition of the patient and conjointly several offers to assist. we tend to ar deeply grateful for all of those offers,” the statement same.

“At this stage, we might request that the privacy of the patient, members of the family as conjointly of the medical team attending is absolutely revered so the treatment might continue swimmingly,” the statement intercalary.

The rape victim was shifted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital, that encompasses a progressive facility for multi-organ transplant, once doctors attending on her set that she ought to be taken there for treatment that would last for many weeks.

Dr BD Athani, Medical Superintendent of the Safdarjung Hospital, same that she was given “the better of the accessible medical aid” throughout her 10-day treatment at the hospital.

“Based on the recommendation of a team of doctors, the govt of Republic of India has created arrangements for the patient being shifted in an exceedingly well-equipped air motorcar,” he told reporters.

“The team of doctors set that the patient be shifted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital (in Singapore). The same hospital has the progressive facility for multi-organ transplant. The treatment may take longer,” he said.

The adult female was operated upon thrice and had to own her intestine removed because of intensive injuries following the brutal torture by the 5 men and a juvenile World Health Organization raped her in an exceedingly moving bus.

On Tuesday she gave a press release to a functionary – for a second time following complaints of alleged police interference the primary time it absolutely was recorded on Dec twenty one.

The Home Ministry conjointly ordered an exploration into the circumstances within which the primary statement was recorded following a grievance by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi policeman Neeraj Kumar denied charges that police had tried to influence the functionary.